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Name
P10XLLe → C/2020 F6
Type
Comet (Long Period)
Status
Not Following
Source
Minor Planet Center
UTC date
------------ Any 1.0m ------------
LSC 1.0m - W85-87; (CTIO, Chile)
ELP 1.0m - V37,V39; (McDonald, Texas)
COJ 1.0m - Q63-64; (Siding Spring, Aust.)
CPT 1.0m - K91-93; (Sutherland, S. Africa)
TFN 1.0m - Z31,Z24; (Tenerife, Spain)
------------ Any 0.4m ------------
LSC 0.4m - W89,W79; (CTIO, Chile)
ELP 0.4m - V38; (McDonald, Texas)
OGG 0.4m - T03-04; (Maui, Hawaii)
COJ 0.4m - Q58-59; (Siding Spring, Aust.)
CPT 0.4m - L09; (Sutherland, S. Africa)
TFN 0.4m - Z17,Z21; (Tenerife, Spain)
------------ Any 2.0m ------------
FTS 2.0m - E10; (Siding Spring, Aust.) [MuSCAT4]
FTN 2.0m - F65; (Maui, Hawaii ) [MuSCAT3]
------------ Non LCO ------------
Mt John 1.8m - 474 (Mt John, NZ)
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Recent Blocks Scheduled
2020-03-21T17:50:00
2020-03-22T03:30:00
CPT
Req: 2093334
Measurements
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Last Update: 2021-Jan-12 00:00
Orbital Elements
MPC Comet
Epoch of elements (MJD)
59200.0
Dec. 17, 2020
Orbital inclination in deg
174.58191
Longitude of Ascending Node (deg)
207.88153
Arg of perihelion (deg)
344.60494
Eccentricity
0.9911594
Perihelion distance (AU)
3.5111599
Epoch of perihelion
April 11, 2020, 3:14 p.m.
Epoch of perihelion (MJD)
58950.63487
Total Magnitude (M1)
9.7
Slope Parameter (k1)
16.5
Physical Parameters
Reciprocal of semimajor axis
E2021-BE3
0.002473 au
+/- 0.0000035
+/- 0.0000035
K1
autocmod 2.9c
14
16.5
M1
2 parameter fit from 100 observations, autocmod 2.9c
14
9.7
+/- 0.4
Diameter
Initial Diameter Guess using H=15.5 and albedo=0.14 (0.01 to 0.5)
MPC Default
2821.38 m
+7735.0 / -1328.0
Follow-up Details
NEOCP
digest2
score
99
Number of observations
102
Arc length (days)
297.00
Time since last observation (days)
411.10
Spectroscopy Details
Known Taxonomies
None
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